[TRANSLATION]
May 14, 2015
To Whom It May Concern:
Name of Company: Central Japan Railway Company
Name of Representative: Koei Tsuge,
President and Representative Director(Code: 9022, First Sections of the TSE and NSE)
Contact Person: Ryo Ejiri
Corporate Officer and General Manager of the Public Relations Department(Telephone No.: +81-52-564-2549)
Changes in Directors and Officers
Central Japan Railway Company (the “Company”) today resolved the following changes toDirectors and Corporate Officers, planned to be effective as of June 23, 2015.
The election of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members will be proposed atthe 28th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2015.
1.

Appointment of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members(1)

New Director Candidates (two (2) persons)

Mamoru UnoTorkel Patterson(2)(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)(formerly Special Assistant to the U.S. President for Asia)

Audit and Supervisory Board Member Candidates (five (5) persons, all reappointments)

Hidenori Fujii
Hiromu Emi
Hajime Ishizu
Hiroyuki Ota
Shigeo Kifuji(currently a Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member)(currently a Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member)(currently a Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member)(currently a Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member)(currently an Audit and Supervisory Board Member)

Messrs. Hajime Ishizu, Hiroyuki Ota and Shigeo Kifuji are candidates for Outside Audit andSupervisory Board Members, as defined by Article 2, Paragraph (3), Item (viii) of the Enforcement
Regulations of the Companies Act.
2.

Retirement of Corporate Officer
Retiring Corporate Officer (one (1) person)

Makoto Baba3.

(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)[expected to assume an office at NIPPON SHARYO,LTD.]

Roles of Directors and Audit and Supervisory BoardMembers (Reference) --- S e e Exhibit

Exhibit
May 14, 2015
Central Japan Railway Company
Roles of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members
As of June 23, 2015, the roles of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members areexpected to be as follows: (Underlines represent changes)
Title
Chairman Emeritus andRepresentative Director

Name
Yoshiyuki Kasai

Current Title(Same as to the left)

Chairman andRepresentative Director

Yoshiomi Yamada(Same as to the left)

President andRepresentative Director

Koei Tsuge(Same as to the left)

Executive Vice President
and Representative
Director:in charge of the
Administrative
Departments and in chargeof the Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division

Shin Kaneko(Same as to the left)

Executive Vice President
and Representative
Director:in charge of theShinkansen andConventional Lines
Operations Division and in
charge of controlling theTransportation andTransportation Safety
Section

Naotoshi Yoshikawa(Same as to the left)

Executive Vice President
and Representative
Director:in charge of theTechnology Section and incharge of controlling theElectrical Engineering
SectionYutaka Osada(Same as to the left)Title
Director and SeniorCorporate ExecutiveOfficer:
Director General of the
Corporate Planning
Division and in charge ofthe Finance Department

Name
Katsumi Miyazawa

Current Title(Same as to the left)

Director and Corporate
Executive Officer:
Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division

Mamoru Uno[Corporate ExecutiveOfficer:
Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division]

Director and Corporate
Executive Officer:
Director General of theBusiness Promotion
Division

Kimiaki Tanaka(Same as to the left)

Director and Corporate
Executive Officer:
Director General of theConventional Lines
Operations Division

Hideyuki Shoji(Same as to the left)

Director and Corporate
Executive Officer:
Director General of theShinkansen Operations
DivisionYoshiki Suyama(Same as to the left)

Director and Corporate
Executive Officer:
Director General of theGeneral Technology
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Rolling
Stock Section

Kazuhiro Igarashi(Same as to the left)

DirectorTorkel Patterson

Director (Outside)

Fujio Cho

(Same as to the left)

Director (Outside)

Kenji Koroyasu(Same as to the left)

Director (Outside)

Takashi Saeki(Same as to the left)TitleFull-time Audit andSupervisory Board Member

NameHidenori Fujii

Current Title(Same as to the left)

Full-time Audit andSupervisory Board Member

Hiromu Emi(Same as to the left)

Full-time Audit andSupervisory Board Member(Outside)

Hajime Ishizu(Same as to the left)

Full-time Audit andSupervisory Board Member(Outside)

Hiroyuki Ota(Same as to the left)

Audit and Supervisory
Board Member (Outside)

Shigeo Kifuji(Same as to the left)

[Candidate for New Director]
ResumeMamoru Uno
Born June 19, 1954
Born
March 1978:
April 1978:
March 1985:
April 1987:
March 1991:
July 1991:
June 1993:
June 1996:
June 1999:
September 2000:
July 2004:
June 2008:
June 2010:
July 2011:
June 2012:

Kanagawa Prefecture
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University ofTokyo
Joined Japanese National Railways (“JNR”)
Assistant Chief in Investigation Division of Gifu Works
Administration of JNR
Joined the Company
Manager in charge of Linear/Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Department of the Corporate Planning Division of the Company
Manager in charge of the Chuo Shinkansen Planning Departmentof the Corporate Planning Division of the Company
Manager in charge of the Tokyo Planning Department of theCorporate Planning Division of the Company
Deputy General Manager of the Public Relations Department ofthe Company
Chief Engineer of the Maglev Systems Development Division ofthe CompanyGeneral Manager of the Public Relations Department of theCompany
General Manager of the Tracks and Structures Department of theShinkansen Operations Division of the Company
Corporate Officer, Deputy Director General of the Tokaido
Shinkansen 21st Century Division of the Company
Director; Director General of the Tokaido Shinkansen 21stCentury Division of the Company
Director; Director General of the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division of the Company
Corporate Executive Officer; Director General of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion Division of the Company (current position)

Number of shares held: 2,716 shares

[Candidate for New Director]
ResumeTorkel Patterson
Born August 29, 1954
Born
August 1988:April 1991:
November 1994:
April 1998:
February 2001:
October 2002:
April 2004:
April 2005:
October 2009:
March 2010:
January 2013:
May 2015:

United States
Senior Director for Japan, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Director for Japan and Korea, National Security Council, TheWhite HouseManaging Director, Group Pacific Inc.; Senior Associate PacificForum, CSIS
President, Raytheon Japan, Raytheon Co.
Special Assistant to the U.S. President for Asia
Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia
President, Raytheon International
Vice President, Raytheon Company
President, U.S.-Japan MAGLEVPresident, The Northeast MAGLEV
Part-time employee of the Company (current position)
Director, The Northeast MAGLEV(current position)

Number of shares held: 0 shares